The generations-old art of weaving is dying off in th town of Angiama. So are the area's rivers and streams, which have become choked with invasive water hyacinth. But Nigerian industrial designer Alafuro Sikoki has a plan to help resuscitate them both.

Interesting news from The Guardian this week: oil giant Shell worked with the Nigerian military and with mobile police to suppress protests against its oil activities in the 1990s, according to court documents that were